Students, teachers among 12 killed in Russia school shooting
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May 12, 2021
Kazan, Russia: At least nine people, most of them children, were killed Tuesday when a lone teenage gunman opened fire at a school in the central Russian city of Kazan, officials said.President Vladimir Putin ordered a review of gun control laws after the shooting one of the worst in recent Russian history which occurred on the first day back to school following annual May holidays.
The spree started around 9:30 local time, sparking panic among students and teachers at the School No. 175 in Kazan, the capital of the Russian predominantly Muslim republic of Tatarstan.
Victims To Be Buried As Authorities Look For Answers After School Shooting In Russia s Tatarstan
May 12, 2021 07:50 GMT
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KAZAN, Russia The bodies of the nine victims from an attack on a school in the capital of the Russian republic of Tatarstan are being delivered to the families for burial as investigators search for answers as to why a teenager went on a deadly shooting spree.
Several black funeral vans and ambulances could be seen lining up near the main morgue in Kazan on May 12 as Tatarstan holds a day of mourning following the tragedy that also injured more than 20 people, most of whom were students at School No. 175.
12 killed in Russia school shooting
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May 12, 2021
Kazan, Russia: At least nine people, most of them children, were killed Tuesday when a lone teenage gunman opened fire at a school in the central Russian city of Kazan, officials said.President Vladimir Putin ordered a review of gun control laws after the shooting one of the worst in recent Russian history which occurred on the first day back to school following annual May holidays. The spree started around 9:30 local time, sparking panic among students and teachers at the School No. 175 in Kazan, the capital of the Russian predominantly Muslim republic of Tatarstan. Amateur footage on social media, apparently filmed from a nearby building, showed people escaping from the school by jumping from second- and third-floor windows, with sounds of gunshots echoing in the schoolyard.
Police said they detained the gunman approximately one hour after initial reports of the shooting.
Seven of the dead were children in the eighth grade, Tatarstan regional leader Rustam Minnikhanov told reporters. He said two adults, including a teacher, also died.
Another 20 people were hospitalised, including 18 children. Six of them were in intensive care, Lazzat Khaidarov, a spokesman for the regional authorities, told AFP.
The ages of the injured people varied from between seven and 62.
Children seen jumping from building amid school shooting in Kazan, Russia; at least 9 killed pic.twitter.com/c8vlJcq4zV BNO News (@BNONews) May 11, 2021
Authorities have declared Wednesday a day of mourning, with Putin expressing his deep condolences to the victims and calling for new gun laws.
Russian school shooting leaves at least nine dead
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Tue, May 11, 2021
Law enforcement officers and ambulances are seen at the scene of a shooting at School No 175 in Kazan, the capital of Russia s republic of Tatarstan, on May 11, 2021. AFP
MOSCOW: A lone teenage gunman opened fire at a school in the central Russian city of Kazan leading to the death of at least nine people, most of them children, officials said Tuesday.
President Vladimir Putin ordered a review of gun control laws after the shooting one of the worst in recent Russian history which occurred on the first day back to school following annual May holidays.